Recently I was at work, it was a normal workday until I witnessed something so profound. An older woman, maybe in her late eighties walked up to my window to complete a transaction and she had tears in her eyes. I was immediately concerned but I was slow to speak because I didn't want to say the wrong thing. So I pulled her account up and she had a massive amount of money in each of her accounts; and I mean massive! I looked at her and I asked how I could help her and the tears kept flowing. So naturally, I asked if everything was ok. The words that came from her mouth shocked me.
She spoke through her tears, "I'm just grateful! I lost my husband two days ago but when I was walking in here I realized how blessed I am. I have no worries. I was married to my husband for 66 years and God allowed him to fight cancer for a long time but the whole time God had been setting us up. I can pay every bill. We have no mortgage. The cars are paid off and I'm financially secure."
As I listened to her speak my heart went out to her, but I couldn't be sad for her. I was standing there witnessing strength in its purest form. This woman had lost someone she had built an entire life with but wasn't sad about the loss, instead she was more grateful because provision had already been made for her to withstand this transition.
This made me think about how many times we look at our situations and feel like there's no hope for us, but perspective is everything. Naturally, anybody would assume her tears came from the fact that she lost her husband but she didn't lose, she actually won. Her husband was sick and didn't have to suffer anymore and she was left well taken care of. So think about a situation you may be dealing with either big or small. I know it may look like everything is terrible and in an uproar but contemplate the flip side of your situation. Is there something God wants you to do? Is there something you're being prepared for? This is how faith works. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not working for you. It may look bad, but you can control the way in which you see it.
They say what you see is what you get but is it fair to say how you see it is actually what you get? Your perspective has the potential to change every aspect of your life. A lot of times we mentally defeat ourselves before anything actually even happens to us. Change your perspective. Adjust the way you see things. Don't be so quick to let negativity set in because there's some good in every situation. It's just what you see and how you see it...